Mendocino County, California Farm Subsidies

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Mendocino County in California received $40.6M in USDA Farm Service Agency payments across 2,700 individual payments from 2017 to 2025.

📊 County Rank

National Rank

#1179 of 3087

Rank in California

#29 of 57

Total Subsidies

$40.6M

Payments

2,700

Peak Year

2022

$11.3M

Avg Payment

$15K

224% above national avg

💡 Key Insight

Mendocino County's peak subsidy year was 2022 at $11.3M. COVID-era spending in 2020 ($10.4M) was 226.0× the 2017 baseline. The average payment of $15K is 224% above the national average.

Yearly Trend

Yearly Subsidy Trend

Year-by-Year Breakdown

YearSubsidiesPaymentsAvg Payment
2025$6.2M393$16K
2024$1.9M339$5K
2023$4.5M410$11K
2022$11.3M370$31K
2021$2.9M319$9K
2020$10.4M626$17K
2019$2.5M128$20K
2018$821K103$8K
2017$46K12$4K

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About Farm Subsidies in Mendocino County

Mendocino County, California is one of 3,087 U.S. counties receiving USDA farm subsidy payments. Over the nine-year period from 2017 to 2025, the county received $40.6M across 2,700 individual payments from Farm Service Agency programs including Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), and emergency assistance programs.

Mendocino County's subsidy payments peaked in 2022 at $11.3M.

Data on this page comes from USDA Farm Service Agency payment files, which are public records available under the Freedom of Information Act. All payment data is aggregated at the county level — individual recipient details are available on our top recipients page.